Grammar

Present Continuous ( Progressive)

We use continuous tense only for actions and happenings (they are eating, it is raining) Some Verbs (for example, know and like) are not action verbs. You can not say I am knowing or they are liking, but you can only say I know, They like….

The following verbs are not normally used in continuous tense

Like love hate want need prefer

Know realize suppose mean understand believe remember

Belong contain consist depend seem

Example :

v I’m hungry, I want something to eat

v Do not understand what I mean?

v Ann doesn’t seem very happy at the moment

v She is waiting her friend

v They are watching TV

Put the verb into the correct form, present continuous

1. I am………………..of selling my car (think)

2. Are you………………..in God (believe)

3. she is ……………..out this evening (go)

4. What are you………………..this evening (do)

5. At 10:30 my sister …………..his boy friend at the station (meet)

6. George are…………volleyball (play)

7. What time are you………tomorrow ( leave)

8. Alex is ……………married next month (get)

9. Are you……………..in the morning? (sleep)

10. He is ………………dinner with Ann on Friday (have)

Traditional Costumes

There are various kinds of traditional costumes in Indonesia. Men wear “sarong” and shirts with long sleeves. Women wear “kain” and long or short “kebaya” and some ornaments. There are also various kinds of kebaya worn by women and girls. The cultural diversity has resulted in different style of dress on the various islands.

In west Java, Central Java and East Java women wear kain batik (cloth with batik designs) and kebaya. But the patterns and styles of the kebaya are slightly different. The kinds of material used are also defferent.

Traditional dresses worn by Indonesians are beautiful and charming, they are fancy dresses. Some of the traditional dresses are locally made, they are usually worn by young men and young girls on special events, such as wedding party and graduation day. Western style dresses are usually worn for daily activities.

Task one

Read the text once more then decide true (T) or false (F) for the following sentences after that correct the false (F) ones

1. Mean wear sarong and shirts with long sleeves …...

2. Women wear kain and kebaya without ornaments …...

3. There are only a few kinds, of kebaya worn by women ……

4. The kinds of material used between Central Java and West Java are the same …..

5. Traditional dresses are fancy dresses …..

Find the reference for each of the following words.

1. There are……………………….. in Indonesia

2. Women wear….............. and long or short………. Some ornaments

3. There are……………….. worn by women and girls

4. ………………………. women wear kain batik (cloth with batik designs) and kebaya.

5. ……………….worn by Indonesians are beautiful and charming,…………….

6. Some of the traditional dresses…………… usually worn…………… and…………